Anindita Basu
Sixty seconds is what Nicolas Cage got to steal a car. You get less than 60 seconds to steal the attention of your readers and get them on to your help page. The first 10 words on any page take less than 10 seconds to read and understand, and those words are the ones [...][...]
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Posts Tagged ‘content’
February, 2011 § in Lounge, WriteManager
Gone in Sixty Seconds?
Eye-opening: Dr Naresh Gupta on the future of content
– Rachel McAlpine
I had an intensely rewarding time at the STC India 12th Annual Conference, on my very first visit to India. There were many highlights for me. For example, I certainly won’t forget Dr Naresh Gupta’s visionary presentation on the future of content.
We can’t escape th[...]
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April, 2010 § in WriteRight
Document Review
– Sharada Palagummi
This article is meant for writers who are just trying to find their feet in the technical writing field. I will take a couple of excerpts from some user documentation, and will discuss them. Some points might be not acceptable and many might be missing. My purpose is [...]
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February, 2010 § in WriteRight
What If
- Anindita Basu
What if my Help was not at all like the Help as we usually see it?
What if every menu option had a tiny Help next to it? So every time I hover my mouse over it, it tells me stuff like “If you click Open, your currently open catalog is automatically closed and [...][...]
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December, 2009 § in WriteRight
Human Personality and Localized Content – The Big Five Personality Model
- Subhajit Sengupta
Human personality is the sum total of the ways in which an individual reacts to and interacts with others. We all inherit a certain type of personality that helps us build our unique adjustment to the environment. The measurable traits that we exhibit through the interaction are[...]
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September, 2009 § in WriteRight
From Information Development to Knowledge Development
- Sharada Palagummi
World, particularly the ITC world, is abuzz with the word knowledge sharing. Most of us thoroughly agree that knowledge must be shared. Often, the sharing is viewed only in the context of the product development teams.
However, what about the users? We, the technical commu[...]
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September, 2009 § in Career
The Queen Follows the King
- Gururaj B.S.
If you overhear a team of experienced technical communicators discussing or arguing with emotional rhetoric, you might realize that they are debating over the importance of Content vis-à-vis Tools. It’s an interesting debate based on the fact that a majority of technical communi[...]
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